Hope is necessary in every condition.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

It was said of Euripides, that every verse was a precept; and it may be said of Shakespeare, that from his works may be collected a system of civil and economical prudence.

In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

Few things are so liberally bestowed, or squandered with so little effect, as good advice.

Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free.